The Dietitian's Guide to Vegetarian Diets: Issues and Applications - Softcover

Mangels

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763779768 ISBN 13: 9780763779764

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2010

Synopsis

The Dietitians Guide to Vegetarian Diets Issues and Applications, Third Edition provides the most up to date information on vegetarian diets. Written for dietitians and other health care professionals, the Third Edition can be used as an aid for counseling vegetarian clients and those interested in becoming vegetarians, or serve as a textbook for students who have completed introductory coursework in nutrition. Evidence based and thoroughly referenced, this text includes case studies, sample menus, and counseling points to help readers apply material to the real world. Table of Contents Part 1 An Overview of Vegetarian Diets Chapter 1 Demographics and Definitions Chapter 2 Health Consequences of Vegetarian Diets Part 2 Vegetarian Nutrition Chapter 3 Protein Chapter 4 Fats Chapter 5 Calcium Chapter 6 Minerals Chapter 7 Vitamins Chapter 8 Phytochemicals Chapter 9 Soyfoods Chapter 10 Food Guides for Vegetarians Part 3 Vegetarian Diets Throughout the Lifecylce Chapter 11 Pregnancy and Lactation Chapter 12 Vegetarian Diets in Infancy Chapter 13 Preschool and School-Age Children Chapter 14 Vegetarian Diets for Adolescents Chapter 15 Vegetarian Diets for Older People Part 4 Practical Implications Chapter 16 Carbohydrates, Fat, and Chronic Disease Chapter 17 Vegetarian Food Preparation Chapter Glossary of Vegetarian Foods Chapter Resources on Vegetarian Diets Chapter Appendix A to R

About this title

About the Authors

Reed Mangels is a Nutrition Advisor for the non-profit, educational Vegetarian Resource Group as well as nutrition editor and a regular columnist for the quarterly publication, Vegetarian Journal.' She is a past Chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group. She has written numerous articles and book chapters for professionals and the public on vegetarian nutrition in the life cycle. She was an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Nutrition at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Virginia Messina is a nutrition consultant in private practice, serving as an advisor to non-profit organizations that produce educational materials on vegetarian diets. She is on the editorial staff of the newsletter of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group. She speaks and writes about plant-based nutrition for both the public and health professionals.' She was on the faculty of the dietetics department of Central Michigan University, and has worked as a public health nutritionist in rural Michigan and in Washington, DC.

Mark Messina is the co-owner of Nutrition Matters, Inc., a nutrition consulting company, an adjunct associate professor at Loma Linda University, and the Executive Director of the Soy Nutrition Institute.' He is a former program director with the National Cancer Institute (NCI).'' He devotes his time to the study of the health effects of soyfoods and soybean components such as isoflavones.' He writes extensively on these subjects, has published more than 100 articles and book chapters for health professionals, and has given more than 750 presentations to both consumer and professional groups in 54 countries. '

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763779768
• ISBN 13: 9780763779764
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 596